Data for 1841	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	31	1
Textiles & clothing	72	37
Wood & paper	13	6
Chemicals	1	0
Low tech	35	1
High tech.	27	1
Other	8	1

Data for 1861	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	137	10
Textiles & clothing	248	317
Wood & paper	71	2
Chemicals	52	3
Low tech	187	2
High tech.	291	1
Other	90	9

Data for 1881	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	131	10
Textiles & clothing	286	670
Wood & paper	100	18
Chemicals	79	5
Low tech	199	5
High tech.	155	0
Other	286	39

Data for 1911	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	605	280
Textiles & clothing	941	2,501
Wood & paper	365	92
Chemicals	606	134
Low tech	1,021	55
High tech.	1,763	58
Other	1,603	208

Data for 1931	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,679	543
Textiles & clothing	2,059	2,581
Wood & paper	933	371
Chemicals	1,753	664
Low tech	1,350	241
High tech.	3,557	813
Other	4,131	877

Data for 1951	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	1,057	409
Textiles & clothing	651	2,093
Wood & paper	508	507
Chemicals	1,287	666
Low tech	774	260
High tech.	11,022	4,485
Other	3,049	1,564

Data for 1971	Sex
2011 Classification of Manufacturing	Male	Female
Food & drink	790	350
Textiles & clothing	540	1,160
Wood & paper	420	380
Chemicals	1,690	670
Low tech	1,380	450
High tech.	7,750	4,440
Other	1,130	290

Date:	Source:
1841	1841 Census of Great Britain, Occupations, Table [1] , 'Occupation Abstract'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 17 , 'Occupations of Males aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1861	1861 Census of England and Wales, Ages, Table 18 , 'Occupations of Females aged 20 Years and upwards in Districts'
1881 - 1991	Census of Population
1971	1971 Census of England and Wales, Economic activity County Leaflets, Table 3 , 'Industry and status by area of workplace and sex', for 'County, county boroughs, urban areas with populations of 50,000 or more, conurbation centres'

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